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2005 Was the Year I Lost to
World of Warcraft
By Jim Vorel
September 5, 2024 | 1:30pm
games
World of Warcraft
Hates New Players
By Jackson Tyler
August 29, 2024 | 2:05pm
games
Blizzard's
World of Warcraft
Team Unionizes, Becomes One of Biggest Videogame Unions in US
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 25, 2024 | 3:00pm
games
BlizzCon 2024 Has Been Canceled, Will Return in ‘Future Years’
By Matthew Reyes
April 25, 2024 | 4:36pm
games
Microsoft To Lay Off 1900 Employees, Roughly 8% of Their Entire Gaming Division
By Matthew Reyes
January 25, 2024 | 4:45pm
games
BlizzCon 2023 Was a Real Con
By Garrett Martin
November 27, 2023 | 4:39pm
games
Games Announced, Players Engaged at BlizzCon
By Garrett Martin
November 6, 2023 | 10:00am
games
Things Aren’t Looking Good for the Overwatch League
By Hope Pisoni
July 20, 2023 | 2:27pm
games
Judge Rules in Favor of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition
By Hope Pisoni
July 11, 2023 | 2:55pm
games
Diablo
’s Unadorned Dark Fantasy Still Has Claws
By Grace Benfell
June 30, 2023 | 2:47pm
games
Diablo IV
Loses Itself in a Gargantuan Live Service Hellscape
By Dia Lacina
June 22, 2023 | 1:00pm
games
Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition Blocked by US Judge
By Hope Pisoni
June 15, 2023 | 2:16pm
games
Diablo IV
Throws Open The Gates Of Hell, But Blizzard's Still Fighting Its Own Demons
By Moises Taveras
March 20, 2023 | 4:11pm
games
Blizzard's Latest Q&A Leaves Employees Disgruntled
By Desmond Leake
February 17, 2023 | 4:08pm
games
Call of Duty Players Have Launched A Lawsuit To Stop the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Merger
By Elijah Gonzalez
December 22, 2022 | 2:14pm
games
FTC Sues Microsoft over Activision Blizzard Merger, Seeks to Stop Acquisition
By Elijah Gonzalez
December 9, 2022 | 12:15pm
games
Microsoft Makes Deal with Nintendo To Bring Call Of Duty To Their Platforms For 10 Years
By Elijah Gonzalez
December 7, 2022 | 12:30pm
games
Overwatch 2
's Complicated New Tank, Ramattra, Highlights Some of the Game's Biggest Problems
By Nico Deyo
December 6, 2022 | 11:50am
games
Nation Labor Relations Board Shuts Down Activision Blizzard’s Attempt to Invalidate Union Vote
By Elijah Gonzalez
December 2, 2022 | 1:15pm
games
Most of Blizzard’s Games Will No Longer Be Available in China As Partnership With NetEase Ends
By Elijah Gonzalez
November 17, 2022 | 12:15pm
games
A Month Of
Overwatch 2
Feels Like Just Enough
By Moises Taveras
November 9, 2022 | 1:30pm
games
Activision Blizzard Sued Over Additional Claims of Sexual Harassment
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 13, 2022 | 1:45pm
games
Blizzard Promises
Overwatch 2
Players Free Items To Make Up For Brutal Launch
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 12, 2022 | 2:00pm
games
Overwatch 2
Launch Problems Continue as Some Players Can’t Access Majority of Cast and Two Characters Are Pulled Due to Bugs
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 11, 2022 | 12:58pm
games
Xbox Game Pass Brought in Almost $3 Billion Last Year
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 11, 2022 | 8:00am
games
Blizzard Will Remove
Overwatch 2’
s Phone Number Requirement for Most Existing Players
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 6, 2022 | 12:20pm
games
Overwatch 2
Launch Hit by Multiple DDoS Attacks
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 5, 2022 | 11:35am
games
Will
Overwatch 2
Ruin What Made
Overwatch
Special to Begin With?
By Nico Deyo
September 30, 2022 | 10:50am
games
Blizzard Albany Takes Steps to Unionize
By Emily Price
July 19, 2022 | 3:50pm
games
Overwatch 2
To Replace its Predecessor on October 4
By Emily Price
June 30, 2022 | 11:02am
games
Overwatch 2
Beta Test Starts Today
By Mik Deitz
April 26, 2022 | 3:24pm
games
Activision-Blizzard Makes All US-Based QA Workers Full Time Staff
By Mik Deitz
April 8, 2022 | 5:00pm
tech
With New Series
Weekly Standup
, Former Activision Blizzard Employees Are Raising Their Voices On Workers' Rights, Unionization
By Brian Bell
March 9, 2022 | 2:30pm
games
Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard in $69 Billion Deal
By Mik Deitz
January 18, 2022 | 1:20pm
games
Activision Blizzard Employees Announce Strike
By Kevin Fox Jr.
December 9, 2021 | 12:30pm
games
Activision Blizzard Protest Organizer Resigns; Six State Treasurers Call for Change at Videogame Conglomerate
By Kevin Fox and Paste Staff
December 2, 2021 | 2:35pm
games
Embattled Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Hesitant to Step Down
By Kevin Fox and Paste Staff
November 22, 2021 | 3:10pm
games
Activision Blizzard Sued By EEOC, Settles Immediately
By Kevin Fox and Paste Staff
September 28, 2021 | 12:50pm
games
Blizzard to Change the Name of
Overwatch
's McCree After Lawsuit
By Katherine Long
August 27, 2021 | 12:35pm
games
This Is Not a
Diablo II: Resurrected
Open Beta Preview
By Holly Green
August 26, 2021 | 1:45pm
games
Activision Blizzard Employees Talk about the Walkout and What Needs to Change
By Katherine Long
August 2, 2021 | 4:00pm
games
Activision Blizzard Employees Walk Out, as Company Hires Law Firm Known for Union-Busting
By Katherine Long
July 30, 2021 | 5:45pm
games
Activision Blizzard Employees Plan Walkout to Demand Better Working Conditions
By Garrett Martin
July 27, 2021 | 5:30pm
games
Activision Blizzard Sued by California Over Gender-Based Discrimination
By Katherine Long
July 22, 2021 | 6:00pm
games
Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan Leaves Blizzard Entertainment
By Moises Taveras
April 20, 2021 | 4:30pm
games
Diablo II: Resurrected
Alpha Impressions: It's Pretty Good So Far
By Holly Green
April 9, 2021 | 12:45pm
games
The
Diablo II
Remaster's Inventory System Update Will Change Everything
By Holly Green
February 25, 2021 | 1:00pm
games
More Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Hearthstone Revealed at Blizzard's Latest Blizzcon
By Moises Taveras
February 22, 2021 | 3:50pm
games
We Got a Lot of Details on
Overwatch 2
Over the Weekend
By Moises Taveras
February 22, 2021 | 3:35pm
games
Former Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime and Others Found New Game Company, Dreamhaven
By Nicolas Perez
September 23, 2020 | 1:30pm
games
BlizzCon Will Return as BlizzConline in February 2021
By Nicolas Perez
September 21, 2020 | 3:30pm
games
Blizzard's Employees Skip Meals to Make Ends Meet While Its Executives Make Millions
By Joseph Stanichar
August 4, 2020 | 1:40pm
games
After 22 Years, Crash Is Back in
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
, Launching in October
By Joseph Stanichar
June 22, 2020 | 12:07pm
games
Blizzcon 2020 Has Been Canceled; Digital Event Planned for Early 2021
By Joseph Stanichar
May 27, 2020 | 9:12am
games
Revisit the First
Diablo
Game with This Fan-Made Web Browser Port
By Substitute Thapliyal
August 1, 2019 | 4:36pm
games
Overwatch
Has a New Mad Scientist Hero: Meet Sigma
By Substitute Thapliyal
July 22, 2019 | 5:51pm
games
World of Warcraft Classic
Release Date Announced, Closed Beta Begins Today
By Dylan Haas
May 15, 2019 | 11:38am
games
Despite "Record Results in 2018," Activision Blizzard Is Laying Off Hundreds of Employees
By Garrett Martin
February 12, 2019 | 5:00pm
games
Overwatch
’s Latest Gay Hero Is Great, But Let’s Not Praise Blizzard Just Yet
By Dia Lacina
January 9, 2019 | 9:45am
games
St. Jude Forms First Esports Partnership with Immortals,
Overwatch
League's Los Angeles Valiant
By Natalie Flores
December 18, 2018 | 2:49pm
games
Blizzard Shrinks
Heroes of the Storm
Development Team, Cancels E-sports Program
By Natalie Flores
December 14, 2018 | 10:19am
games
Overwatch
League Welcomes the Washington Justice
By Natalie Flores
December 3, 2018 | 10:36am
games
Play
Overwatch
for Free Next Week and Welcome the
Overwatch
League's First Pink Team
By Natalie Flores
November 15, 2018 | 4:57pm
games
Blizzard Korea Employee Sparks Controversy by Donning Blackface on
Overwatch
Stream
By Natalie Flores
November 8, 2018 | 4:05pm
games
Echo Is Not
Overwatch
's Next Hero, Hero 30 is Fully Playable, and More from Jeff Kaplan at BlizzCon 2018
By Natalie Flores
November 5, 2018 | 1:28pm
games
Blizzard Reveals Orphea, the Newest Hero in
Heroes of the Storm
By Natalie Flores
November 2, 2018 | 4:40pm
games
Ashe Is
Overwatch
's 29th Hero, as Revealed in New Short "Reunion"
By Natalie Flores
November 2, 2018 | 4:24pm
games
Diablo 3: Eternal Collection
Will Get Its Own Nintendo Switch Bundle
By Natalie Flores
October 15, 2018 | 11:54am
games
Blizzard Will Attempt to Avoid Player Burnout in
Overwatch
League's Second Season
By Natalie Flores
October 10, 2018 | 1:24pm
games
New
Overwatch
Developer Update Details the Torbjorn Rework and More
By Natalie Flores
September 21, 2018 | 4:59pm
games
Eight New Teams to Join
Overwatch League
in 2019
By Natalie Flores
September 7, 2018 | 11:05am
games
Time to Raise Your APM and Participate in
Overwatch
's D.Va Nano Cola Challenge
By Natalie Flores
August 28, 2018 | 5:14pm
games
Overwatch
Gets New Busan Map, D.Va Gets New Figure and Skin at Korea Fan Festival
By Natalie Flores
August 22, 2018 | 4:41pm
games
Latest
Overwatch
Short Focuses on D.Va, Exploring Her PTSD
By Natalie Flores
August 22, 2018 | 12:13pm
games
The Summer Games Return to
Overwatch
By Images via Blizzard
August 13, 2018 | 10:54am
games
Overwatch
's Newest Hero Has Been Revealed
By Cole Henry
June 28, 2018 | 1:11pm
games
A New
Diablo
Game Is on the Horizon (Updated)
By Chris Aiken
June 6, 2018 | 12:27pm
games
Petra, New Deathmatch Map, Announced for
Overwatch
By Cole Henry
May 21, 2018 | 2:46pm
games
Hearthstone
Director Ben Brode Says Goodbye to Blizzard
By Brian Bell
April 20, 2018 | 5:02pm
games
The Overwatch World Cup 2018 Kicks Off Today
By Abdiel Vallejo-Lopez
March 27, 2018 | 3:50pm
games
Top Videogame Companies Unite to Combat Toxicity with the Fair Play Alliance
By Brian Bell
March 23, 2018 | 1:30pm
games
Overwatch
League Hands Out Punishments For Code of Conduct Violations
By Brian Bell
March 9, 2018 | 4:42pm
games
Torbjörn's Daughter, Brigitte, Is
Overwatch
's First New Hero of 2018
By Brian Bell
March 1, 2018 | 11:09am
games
Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon Joins Shanghai Dragons, Officially Becoming First Woman Signed to
Overwatch
League
By Brian Bell
February 14, 2018 | 4:22pm
games
Activision Blizzard Taps
Sicario 2
Director to Head
Call of Duty
Film
By Brian Bell
February 14, 2018 | 4:06pm
games
It's Blizzard's Responsibility to Fight Toxicity in Overwatch League
By Dante Douglas
January 30, 2018 | 10:30am
games
Star Wars: Battlefront II
,
Overwatch
Loot Boxes Are Under Investigation
By Chris Compendio
November 16, 2017 | 11:12am
games
Try
Overwatch
for Free All Next Weekend
By Chris Compendio
November 10, 2017 | 1:38pm
games
Blizzard Is Trying to Curb
Overwatch
Player Toxicity With a "Strike Team"
By Chris Compendio
November 7, 2017 | 12:10pm
games
Update to
Overwatch
Makes Competitive Play Easier to Watch
By Chris Compendio
November 2, 2017 | 1:19pm
games
Toxic
Overwatch
Community is Slowing Down Game Updates, Says Director
By Chris Compendio
September 14, 2017 | 1:22pm
games
Blizzard to Open E-Sports Arena in Los Angeles, Will Host
Overwatch
Playoff in October
By Chris Compendio
September 7, 2017 | 12:33pm
games
New
Overwatch
Update Adds Deathmatch Mode
By Chris Compendio
August 29, 2017 | 4:45pm
games
Overwatch
Competitive Mode Changes Bring Shorter Season, Balanced Teams
By Chris Compendio
August 23, 2017 | 12:34pm
games
First Seven Cities of the
Overwatch
League Announced
By Aiden Strawhun
July 12, 2017 | 3:22pm
games
StarCraft Remastered
Comes to PC and Mac This August
By Aiden Strawhun
June 30, 2017 | 2:48pm
games
Blizzard and Twitch Partnership Means More Free Stuff for You
By Aiden Strawhun
June 21, 2017 | 12:24pm
games
Blizzard Will Wrap Up
Overwatch
Anniversary Event With Double XP Weekend
By Jordan Breeding
June 7, 2017 | 11:12am
games
Overwatch
's First Year: Many Successes, but a Few Stumbles
By Nico Deyo
May 24, 2017 | 4:00pm
games
Watch:
Overwatch
Anniversary Event Begins Today
By Aiden Strawhun
May 23, 2017 | 3:04pm
games
Overwatch
Season Four Ends Next Sunday
By Aiden Strawhun
May 19, 2017 | 12:01pm
games
Overwatch
Game of the Year Edition Launching This Month
By Aiden Strawhun
May 11, 2017 | 1:06pm
games
MLG to Head Blizzard's
Overwatch
E-Sports League
By Aiden Strawhun
May 10, 2017 | 5:48pm
games
Relive Tracer’s First Mission With
Overwatch
’s “Uprising” Event
By Peter Amato
April 11, 2017 | 5:42pm
games
Film Executive Reminds Us That The
Call of Duty
Cinematic Universe Is a Thing
By Peter Amato
April 5, 2017 | 3:58pm
games
Orisa,
Overwatch
’s Newest Hero, Debuts Next Week
By Peter Amato
March 14, 2017 | 12:55pm
games
Overwatch Reveals 24th Hero, "Anchor Tank" Orisa
By Scott Russell
March 2, 2017 | 4:04pm
games
Blizzard Teases Incoming
Overwatch
Hero in New “Interview”
By Peter Amato
February 21, 2017 | 4:54pm
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